Local Briefs - INDIANA

February 19, 2008|STAFF REPORTS

SOUTH BENDDog shot and killed on S. Brookfield Street A dog was shot and killed in a backyard in the 500 block of South Brookfield Street late Sunday night. South Bend police were responding to a call of shots fired in the area at about 11 p.m., according to a police report. When police arrived at the scene, the dog's owner reported that her dog had been fatally shot behind her house in the backyard. Police followed a set of footprints in the snow from the yard to an alley, where police believe the suspect got into a vehicle and fled.